Often I cannot pinpoint a trigger, but once in a while I know that something has changed and changed my illness with it. This last time it was nutrition. Sometimes it is stress (good and/or bad).

What triggers you?

Stress. Any stress, good or bad, can trigger a swing either way, but usually the depressive way even if it is good stress. I need to keep things calm, balanced and boring.

[kmptrgeek]

I would say bad stress is without doubt my biggest trigger. Before I was diagnosed with BP I would just start throwing up and passing out. I guess that was my body's defense mechanism. Now, with all the meds I'm on, it has to be super stress (most of the time) and I'm afraid I'm beginning to crawl up to mania and then drop off the cliff. Sucks.

But yeah...stress is a killer.

[Justugh]

my biggest is when someone tries to order me around .........because they think they big and bad .......something in me snaps and i do what i want if they touch me i will break parts of their body to cripple them so i can keep doing what i wanted too

like my car was illegal towed .....i reported it to the cops they did nothing about it ........i got a ride to the tow yard i cut the lock off with bolt clippers and i took my car back

the cops showed up to my house .........because the car was stolen (illegal towed i got off it tresspassing and breaking and entering ) i gave the guy 20 bucks for the lock that was the end of it

i call it the @sshole game ............they want to start it fine i take it to the end move strait off because they are not worth the time or effort to deal with unless they are willing to kill me i will always win .........and if they do kill what does it matter i am dead

[jacky8807]

Work stress and my mother

[wiretwister]

work stress,

[middlepath]

I am still trying to figure this out, but I am pretty sure my sister-in-law is a trigger because anytime i have to interact with her, I feel like a small depressive loop begins. Mania, on the other hand, is usually several things that come together like a perfect storm. More daylight, exciting events, high anxiety level.....then boom....mania. At least these are the patterns I think exist. I am trying to track this as a way to prevent future occurances.

[~Christina]

Any kind of Stupidity or ignorance.

[Merlin]

School stress

[Turtlesoup]

My parents, large amounts of stress back to back & my neighbor's stupid truck (it looks just like the one my abusive stalker ex has).

[Creative1onder]

For me stress, and disappointments, loss, rejection affect me a lot.